Bentley

"Lavish excess" may be a given when you're talking about a $230k-plus SUV, but even the Bentley Bentayga can surprise you. With its 600 horsepower W12 engine and a 0-60 mph time of 4.0 seconds, the Bentayga could embarrass a proper sports car on the road, but the lucky occupants may well be too busy enjoying the high life inside to notice. Read on for some of the most extreme, OTT, and generally uber-luxe features of the 2017 Bentayga.

The racetrack is not the natural place for an SUV, but then the Bentley Bentayga is not your typical truck. For a start it's luxurious in an Black Amex-melting way - it starts just shy of $230,000 but only the most ascetic of buyers resists the Bentley options list, and they've no reason to be in the showroom in the first place.

With the age of autonomous and AI-assisted driving quickly approaching, high-end car manufacturers are now considering how their passengers will be entertained and made more comfortable. Mercedes' concept features seats that swing around to face each other, while BMW envisions using the windshield as an augmented reality display. Bentley, on the other hand, seems to be toying with a concept of the ultimate luxury: a holographic butler to take care of passengers' needs.

When it comes to adding options to a normal car, you can get things like navigation, upgraded audio, and maybe a special paint. When it comes to optioning a car like the Bentley Flying Spur, the options get much more expensive and unique. Bentley has announced new Mulliner bespoke features for the Flying Spur.

The Bentley Bentayga has only been official for a few months and already Bentley is looking to the future with an even more potent version of the high-end SUV. The standard Bentayga uses a 6.0L twin turbo W12 TSI engine making 600hp and 664 lb-ft of torque. That much power pushes the big SUV from naught to 60mph in 4.0 seconds.

Bentley's first electric car could be a super-premium EV coupe based on the striking EXP-10 Speed 6 concept, the company's CEO has confirmed. Production plans for the green two-door - which was shown off for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show back in March - are still not guaranteed, though Bentley says customer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

Following shortly after a teaser video, Bentley is now announcing the full details of the first ever SUV to grace its luxury line, the Bentayga. From the headlights to the cabin interior to the set of driver safety technologies, the Bentayga bears the Bentley DNA that is defined by luxury and comfort. But at the same time, it attempts redefines the luxury SUV category by introducing what is claimed to be the fastest and most powerful of its kind, thanks to an all new W12 powertrain.

Some of the things that we all think of when talking about a Bentley is luxury and performance. Bentley doesn’t make cars that focus on handling, but the big 12-cylinder engine it favors for hits high end cars make them plenty fast on the top end and in acceleration .Such is the case with the new Bentayga SUV and its W12 engine. The big 12-cylinder can push the big and heavy SUV to a top speed many sports cars are incapable of.

Vertu is at it again, producing a mobile device for the elite few that can afford it. This time, however, it is doing things a bit differently. For one, it has again partnered with Bentley to design a phone that matches one of the latter's automobile lines. Second, unlike most of its phones, this isn't so smart. The Signature for Bentley, though classy and luxurious in its design and materials, is pretty much a basic mobile phone, with a focus on voice calls and audio in terms of functionality.

Bentley has been making some of the most luxurious and expensive vehicles in the world since the company was formed. Often these land yachts have massive engines that give the big luxury cars decent straight line performance, but this side of a Bentley racecar the vehicles were never meant to handle like a racer. They are designed for comfort and style.

Ultimate luxury automaker Bentley is back with another one of its short film/documentary/promotional videos, once again shot entirely with Apple's iPhone. As a new entry in Bentley's "Intelligent Details" series, the video focuses on detailing the Savile Row Bespoke exhibition currently on display in Washington D.C., in which Bentley serves as a main sponsor. The car company also teamed with filmmaker Austin Reza, who also directed the first video focusing on Bentley's Mulsanne.

Nearly 3 years since the EXP 9 F SUV concept was first shown to the public, Bentley is getting close to making it a reality. Now known as the Bentayga, the company's first ever SUV, is slated to be shown off at the Frankfurt auto show in September. But while waiting for four months for that to happen, Car and Driver has produced renders on what it thinks the Bentley Bentayga might look and feel like. And it seems it might not be to everyone's tastes.